Healthcare Demand Planner — Forecasting & Supply Chain

563d Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Paid sick and safe time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers seeks a Demand Planning Professional to lead forecasting and operational planning across production, inventory, and capacity metrics. You will monitor KPIs, analyze deviations, and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams to optimize supply chain performance.

Responsibilities include supplier collaboration, PLM-related logistics planning, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance cycle time, FPY, and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Finance, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Experience in supply chain planning, logistics, manufacturing operations, controlling, inventory management, or a related environment.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting operational and financial KPIs and translating data into actionable recommendations.
• Experience with forecasting, inventory planning, supplier coordination, and/or production planning.
• Understanding of manufacturing and logistics performance measures such as cycle time, First Pass Yield, on-time delivery, productivity, and inventory performance.
• Ability to perform cost, profitability, and business-case analyses to support operational decision-making.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Experience working with ERP, planning, reporting, and data-analysis tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Completing regular forecasting and operational planning across key business indicators, including production, inventory, capital expenditures, capacity requirements, and other relevant operational metrics.
• Analyzing, monitoring, and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as productivity, profitability, capital utilization, assets, inventory, and operational performance.
• Identifying deviations from established plans and targets, evaluating potential impacts, and developing recommendations and corrective actions.
• Performing cost and profitability analyses for specific business cases, including product launches, relocations, manufacturing footprint decisions, and other operational initiatives.
• Developing supplier forecasts and supporting the definition and optimization of logistical processes with suppliers.
• Establishing and implementing logistical requirements related to material availability, delivery, and product phase-in/phase-out activities throughout the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process.
• Planning and controlling assigned inventories and stock levels, including monitoring supply levels, making planning adjustments, analyzing inventory changes, and developing strategies to reduce excess inventory.
• Analyzing and improving logistics and manufacturing processes using operational KPIs such as cycle time, First Pass Yield (FPY), on-time delivery, effectiveness, and productivity.
• Identifying process weaknesses, determining root causes, and initiating continuous improvement activities to improve operational and supply chain performance.
• Maintaining strong working relationships and collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders involved throughout planning, manufacturing, logistics, and product lifecycle processes.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory planning

KPIs interpretation

Supplier coordination

Production planning

Cost and profitability analysis

Continuous improvement

Communication & collaboration

ERP/Planning tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related

Tools

ERP systems

Planning software

Job description

Siemens Healthineers seeks a Demand Planning Professional to lead forecasting and operational planning across production, inventory, and capacity metrics. You will monitor KPIs, analyze deviations, and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams to optimize supply chain performance.

Responsibilities include supplier collaboration, PLM-related logistics planning, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance cycle time, FPY, and on-time delivery.